Hello from a newbie - posted an intro in the correct place but no-one seemed to notice

Just reading the 'Rules for bike building' thread and began to repent for my sins........

So what is your worst retro sin?
I once (not quite BITD but still a long while ago) replaced the U-brake bosses on an early '90s/late 80's? GT Avalanche cro-mo frame with canti bosses to make it look more modern. I've C-16 stickered a couple of Clockworks in my time (only because that was all I could get hold of at the time)
And now I've got 4-bolt cranks on both my LTS-DH and Breezer Jet Stream.

I nearly did the same very thing with my '92 Avalanche. Came to about '94 and I was thinking it needed 'updating'... It was only the thought of having to strip the frame for the respray afterwards that stopped me...!

Looking back now I'm so glad I didn't cos the U-Brake GTs are so much better than the latter ones i my opinion (sorry everyone with a post'93 frame...).

I also wanted to swap out the 'Flip-Flop' stem and 3D forks but could never afford it. Again, very glad I didn't cos they look so good as an 'ensemble' of bits - like a poor-person's Klein with matching stem, forks frame etc.

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